The use of VAR and wider refereeing decisions has once again become the focus of fierce debate in Serie A. This time, the most controversial incident was the penalty awarded to Torino against Milan.
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In the 83rd minute, the Turin team received a penalty kick due to contact between Pavlovich and Simeone. Vlasic took the penalty and ended up 2-3.
The defender’s hand was there, but referee Furno didn’t notice it at first and decided to award a penalty kick only after receiving VAR. However, questions remain about the intensity of exposure and the effectiveness of intervention program decisions.
Massimiliano Allegri’s harsh words off the pitch were also noteworthy, although he softened his stance in the meeting: “I tried to stay calm…but it took the will out of me. I will no longer coach…“
Marelli: “We can never escape this subjective intensity”
This is what Luca Marelli had to say about DAZN:
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“An episode that Furneau may not have even seen.. He was asked to slap him, which was considered reckless, so much so that Pavlovich was booked. It is assessed that the strike was aimed at preventing Simeone from taking part in the operation. It is reminiscent of the Parisi Gimenez incident in Milan-Fiorentina.
In Open VAR we were told that the contact was well assessed by the on-field referee and VAR should not have intervened. Today, VAR Nasca and AVAR Maresca may have discovered different intensities of this event. But we’re still faced with the usual problem: intensity is subjective, and we can never get away from it. Football is a contact sport and intensity can never be completely eliminated“.
Calvares: “VAR now is pure randomness”
Gian Paolo Calvarese takes a harsher view:
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“A few months ago, the field decision was still there, but now everything is no longer clear. We remember that VAR intervention should only be carried out in cases where there is a serious and obvious error and the image is equally clear and obvious. We had 5-6 cameras, but we only had images of Simeone’s back, no images showing hands touching his face. Contact can be inferred, but its intensity cannot be assessed. Today, intervention thresholds appear to be a matter of pure randomness, linked to the subjective interpretation of VAR“.
“Gazzetta dello Sport” also held the same view, giving Furno 5.5 points in their rating, emphasizing the referee’s “Ismagili’s two unexpected strikes made it clear, but Pavlovich’s penalty did not“.
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